Tyler with first offer

By Eric Guimaraes

TE RJ Tyler of Wagener-Salley picked up his first offer last Wednesday from Appalachian State. He continues to hear from USC and NC State. "I am really happy about it," Tyler said. "They told me they looked at my film and really liked me. They want me to come up this spring and see if I like it there." He will attend the spring game in Boone. His only visit thus far was to an NC State junior day last month. "It's really nice there," he said. "The facilities are really nice and I liked the coaches and all." As for where he stands with the Wolfpack. "I don't really know as far as an offer goes. I think they're still evaluating me." Tyler has no other visits planned. He did not name a leader.

The regular season ended last night for Huntington Prep, WV and the team won't play again until the national tournament in New York City in early April. That should give 6-10 center Levi Cook plenty of time to recover from a twisted knee that kept him out of last night's game. And it also will give him time to make his official visits.

OL Parker Boudreaux of Orlando reports an amazing total of over 70 offers at this point. About 15 of those programs have separated from the pack and Clemson is firmly in that group. Boudreaux visited Clemson last season for the North Carolina game and raved about the experience. He is returning this Saturday for a junior day and will bring...

OL Luke Elder of LaGrange, GA holds offers from about 15 schools including USC and Clemson. Some of his other offers are Ole Miss, Cal, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Florida State and Vanderbilt. He doesn't yet have favorites but he plans to formulate a top 10 or in the near future, and he...

Clemson holds its second junior day for the 2016 recruiting season this Saturday and one of the invitees is Bamberg-Ehrhardt OL Drew Wilson (6-4 290). Clemson has had a lot of success attracting top talent from the Red Raiders' program over the years and Wilson is another drawing the Tigers' interest according to assistant coach and recruiting...

OL John Simpson of Fort Dorchester won his first 4A heavyweight wrestling championship over the weekend. His wrestling season limited the amount of football recruiting travel he could get in over the past couple of months, but Simpson is ready to move forward with that now.